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t-

t-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "t"

English

Prefix

t-

(organic chemistry) tertiary form

Synonyms

tert-

Coordinate terms

n- (normal form)
s- (secondary form)

Irish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t̪ˠ/ (before a, á, o, ó, u, ú and where it replaces /sˠ/)
IPA^(key): /tʲ/ (before e, é, i, í and where it replaces /ʃ/)

Prefix

t-

Marker of t-prothesis

an t-athair‎ ― the father

an tAthair‎ ― the Father
Marker of lenition of s after the definite article

an tseachtain‎ ― the week

an tSín‎ ― China

Usage notes

Written with a hyphen before lowercase vowel letters, without a hyphen before uppercase letters and s.

Maquiritari

Prefix

t-

Marks the third person reflexive
Marks an unspecified person when used with the adverbalizers -e, -emje, and -ke
Marks a third person object for a small group of transitive verbs

References

Cáceres, Natalia. Grammaire Fonctionelle-Typologique du Ye'kwana.

Old Irish

Prefix

t- ‎(class A infixed pronoun) (triggers lenition)

you (singular object pronoun)

See also

Old Irish affixed pronouns

See Appendix:Old Irish affixed pronouns for details on how these forms are used.
Note that the so-called “infixed” pronouns are technically prefixes, but they are never the first prefix in a verbal complex.

Person	Infixed			Suffixed
Person	Class A	Class B	Class C	Suffixed
1 sing.	m-^L	dom-^L, dam-^L		-um
2 sing.	t-^L	dot-^L, dat-^L, dut-^L, dit-^L		-ut
3 sing. m.	a-^N	d-^N	id-^N, did-^N, d-^N	-i, -it
3 sing. f.	s-^(N)	da-		-us
3 sing. n.	a-^L	d-^L	id-^L, did-^L, d-^L	-i, -it
1 pl.	n-	don-, dun-, dan-		-unn
2 pl.	b-	dob-, dub-, dab-		-uib
3 pl.	s-^(N)	da-		-us
^L means this form triggers lenition. ^N means this form triggers nasalization (eclipsis) ^(N) means this form triggers nasalization in some texts but not in others.

Derived terms

Category Old Irish words prefixed with t- not found